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Republic Act
Approved June 18, 1964

Republic Act No. 3976

An act establishing a reception center of the social welfare administration in the city of angeles

An Act Establishing a Reception Center of the Social Welfare Administration in the City of Angeles

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Establishes a reception center under the Social Welfare Administration in Angeles City to provide community care and social services for children, families, and other beneficiaries.

  • Establishment of a reception center in Angeles City.
  • Functions of the center: community care, social services, aid to destitute families, facility establishment, and implementation of additional programs.
  • Appointment of a superintendent supervised by the Social Welfare Administrator.
  • Appropriation of 200,000 pesos for the center.
  • Effectivity upon approval.
Social Welfare
Community Care
Angeles City

REPUBLIC ACT No. 3976

An Act Establishing a Reception Center of the Social Welfare Administration in the City of Angeles

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:

Section 1

There is hereby established a reception center of the Social Welfare Administration in the City of Angeles. The said center shall be erected in a two-hectare site to be provided by the said city.

Section 2

The said reception center shall have the following functions:

(1)To provide a system of community care and social and consultative services essential to the needs of children, adolescents, adults and transient destitute families and promote their social well-being;
(2)To provide and attend to the needs and extent aid to destitute transient families;
(3)To establish the necessary facilities to carry out said activities; and (4) To carry out such other functions aid implement such programs and activities as the Social Welfare Administration may direct.

Section 3

The reception center shall be headed by a superintendent who shall be under the administrative or technical supervision of the Social Welfare Administrator. The superintendent shall be appointed by the Executive Secretary upon the recommendation of the Social Welfare Administrator, and shall receive an annual compensation provided for by law for superintendents of institutions of similar nature.

Section 4

The sum of two hundred thousand pesos is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry into effect the provisions of this Act.

Section 5

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 18, 1964.

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